House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

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{{short description|Lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = {{party color|New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}
| name = House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
| native_name = Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico
| logo = Seal of Puerto Rico House of Representatives.svg
| coa_pic =
| legislature = [[31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]]
| session_room =
| house_type = Lower house
| body = Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
| leader1_type = [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker]]
| leader1 = [[Carlos Johnny Méndez|Johnny Méndez]] ([[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|PNP]])
| election1 = January 2, 2025
| leader2_type = [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico#Speakers pro tempore|Speaker pro tempore]]
| leader2 = [[Angel Peña Ramírez]] ([[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|PNP]])
| election2 = January 2, 2025
| leader3_type = {{nowrap|[[Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Majority Leader]]}}
| leader3 = [[José Pichy Torres Zamora]] ([[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|PNP]])
| election3 = January 2, 2025
| leader4_type = [[Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Minority Leader]]
| leader4 = [[Héctor Ferrer Santiago]] ([[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|PPD]])
| election4 = January 2, 2025
| members = 53
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]] for 40 [[Puerto Rico representative districts|electoral districts]] seats and [[Single non-transferable vote]] for 11 [[at-large]] seats{{efn|name=increased-house}}
| last_election1 = [[2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election|5 November 2024]]
| next_election1 = [[2028 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election|7 November 2028]]
| structure1 = Puerto Rico House of Representatives 2024.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| political_groups1 = {{legend|#000090|[[Partido Nuevo Progresista|PNP]] (36)}} {{legend|#FE0700|[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|PPD]] (13)}} {{legend|#008000|[[Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño|PIP]] (3)}} {{legend|#02B7EB|[[Proyecto Dignidad|PD]] (1)}}

| meeting_place = [[Capitol of Puerto Rico]], [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.camara.pr.gov/|camara.pr.gov}}
}}
{{Politics of Puerto Rico}}
The '''House of Representatives of Puerto Rico''' ({{langx|es| Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico}}) is the [[lower house]] of the [[Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico]], the [[bicameralism|bicameral]] [[state legislature (United States)|territorial legislature]] of [[Puerto Rico]]. The House, together with [[Senate of Puerto Rico|the Senate]], control the [[Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico|legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico]].

The structure and responsibilities of the House are defined in [[Constitution of Puerto Rico|Article III of the Constitution of Puerto Rico]], which vests all legislative power in the Legislative Assembly.<ref name="article-3-section-1-constitution">{{cite constitution |article=III |section=1 |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=10 August 2013 }}</ref> Every [[bill (law)|bill]] must be passed by the Senate and by the House, and signed by [[Governor of Puerto Rico|the governor]] in order to become law.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=III |section=19 |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=10 August 2013 }}</ref>

The House has exclusive power to initiate [[Impeachment in the United States|impeachment]]s and bring an [[indictment]].<ref>{{cite constitution |article=III |section=21 |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=10 August 2013 }}</ref> The constitution also establishes that the appointment of the [[Secretary of State of Puerto Rico|Secretary of State]] and the [[Comptroller of Puerto Rico|Comptroller]] require the [[advice and consent]] of the House, with all other appointments confirmed by the Senate alone.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=IV |section=5 |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_IV_THE_EXECUTIVE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=10 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite constitution |article=III |section=22 |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=10 August 2013 }}</ref> Financially, all bills for [[Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico|raising revenue]] must originate in the House.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=III |section=17 |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref>

Structurally, the House is normally composed of 51 members. Forty are elected from [[Puerto Rico representative districts|single-member districts]] across the commonwealth (with one representative per district), elected through Single-member [[Plurality voting|Plurality]] while 11 are elected [[at-large]] through [[Single non-transferable vote|Single non-transferable voting]].{{efn|name=increased-house|The House can increase its number of representatives when in a general election more than two-thirds of the members of the House are elected from one political party or from a single ticket.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=III |section=7, |country=Puerto Rico |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico#ARTICLE_III_THE_LEGISLATURE |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=6 August 2013 }}</ref>}}

The House has been meeting since 1900, after the enactment of the [[Foraker Act]] established the body formally.<ref>{{USPL|56|191}}</ref>

The House of Representatives, along with its members and staff, is housed in the western half of the [[Capitol of Puerto Rico]], namely in the Ernesto Ramos Antonini House Annex Building, the Antonio R. Barceló Building, and the Luis A. Ferré Building.
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== History ==
Created in 1900 as the House of Delegates under the [[Foraker Act]], the lower body of the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly was the only elected body until the [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Senate]] was created in 1917 under the [[Jones-Shafroth Act]], then creating a [[bicameral]] legislature.

The House of Delegates was controlled by the [[Republican Party of Puerto Rico (1903)|Republican Party]] from its creation in 1900 through 1904. In January 1905, the House switched to control by the [[Union Party of Puerto Rico|Union Party]], which would remain in power until 1924. A coalition of the Republican Party and [[Socialist Party of Puerto Rico]] controlled the House until 1944, save for a brief period from 1941 to 1943 of the [[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]].

After the Popular Democratic Party's landslide victory in 1944, that party controlled the House until 1969, when the [[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]] won the House and the governorship, but not the Senate, creating Puerto Rico's first split government. [[Angel Viera Martínez|Ángel Viera Martínez]], a former prosecutor and freshman representative from San Juan, was elected to the first of three stints as Speaker.

In 1973, the Popular Democratic Party reacquired control of the House but was ousted as the majority party in the 1976 elections, won by the New Progressive Party. Viera Martínez was elected in 1977, to his second stint as Speaker.

As a result of the 1980 elections, the New Progressive Party had won 26 seats and the Popular Democratic Party 25, but the latter challenged the results of the 35th Representative District, creating a tie with each party holding 25 seats, pending the final results of that district.<ref>''PDP'' v. ''Barreto Pérez'', 119 DPR 199 (1981).</ref> Since the new House in 1981 was tied, it was unable to elect a Speaker, as required, by an absolute majority. To complicate matters, [[Ramón Muñiz]] (PDP-32nd District) died on the House floor in January 1981 and Representative-elect [[Fernando Tonos Florenzán]]'s election was invalidated due to him not having the Constitutionally required 25 years to serve in the House,<ref>''Nogueras'' v. ''Tonos Florenzán'', 110 DPR 356 (1980) and ''Tonos Florenzán'' v. ''Bernazard'', 111 DPR 546 (1981).</ref> leaving the House with 25 New Progressives and 23 Popular Democrats. House Secretary [[Cristino Bernazard]], who normally would have presided over the House only until it elected its new Speaker in its inaugural session, became the first unelected Acting Speaker of the House. During Bernazard's incumbency, he appointed co-chairs to the House standing committees and required that all House decisions and legislation be approved by consensus. After some political wrangling, in what became known as the Viera-Colberg Pact, the House elected Viera Martínez once again as Speaker for the remainder of 1981 and maverick Popular Democratic Rep. Severo Colberg Ramírez as Speaker from 1982 until 1984. In late 1981, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Popular Democratic candidate in the 35th District, and with the Popular Democrats finally filling in the two vacancies they had, that party gained control of the House, with a majority of 26.

Even though the Popular Democratic Party retained the House in the 1984 general elections, Colberg decided to comply with a party commitment and endorse a new Speaker, [[Jose Ronaldo Jarabo|José Ronaldo "Rony" Jarabo]] who served as Speaker from 1985 to 1992. Jarabo was defeated in a primary in 1992, and as the New Progressive Party won the 1992 general elections, he was succeeded by the first woman Speaker, Zaida Hernandez Torres, who served until 1996, when she left the House to run for Mayor of San Juan.

Hernandez's [[Speaker pro Tempore]], Edison Misla Aldarondo, became Speaker in 1997. After he left office in 2000, he was convicted of corruption charges in federal and state courts. He was succeeded in office by [[Carlos Vizcarrondo]] during the 2001–2004 term.

In 2005, as a Popular Democratic governor took office, the New Progressive Party controlled the Senate and the House, and [[José Aponte Hernández]], a loyalist of former Governor [[Pedro Rosselló]], was elected as Speaker of the House. In addition to the tension with the executive branch, Aponte's term was tinged with greater-than-average tension with the Senate, in which his support for Rossello's bid to oust Senate President [[Kenneth McClintock]], whom he called a "traitor" to his party, took him to lead over 20 New Progressive representatives to converge on the Senate floor in opposition to McClintock's permanence as Senate President, considered by many the all-time historical low-point in Senate–House relations.

Aponte was defeated for re-election as Speaker in the House caucus held after the [[Puerto Rican general election, 2008|2008 general elections]], and [[Jenniffer González|Jenniffer A. González Colón]] became the Speaker, taking office on 12 January 2009.

The current Speaker, as of 2025, is [[Carlos Johnny Méndez]].

== Functions ==
The House of Representatives, along with the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]], are in charge of the [[legislative power]] of the [[Government of Puerto Rico]].<ref>[http://www.lexjuris.com/lexprcont.htm Constitución de Puerto Rico] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114003340/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexprcont.htm |date=14 November 2011 }} on LexJuris</ref>

The House has exclusive power to initiate [[Impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] proceedings and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the total number of members of which it is composed, to bring an [[indictment]]. The Constitution also establishes that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House. The appointment of the [[Secretary of State of Puerto Rico|Secretary of State]] shall in addition require the advice and consent of the House.

== Membership ==

=== Qualifications ===
Article III of the [[Constitution of Puerto Rico]] states that no person can be a member of the House of Representatives unless the candidate:<ref>[http://www.lexjuris.com/lexprcont.htm Constitution of Puerto Rico in LexJuris.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114003340/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexprcont.htm |date=14 November 2011 }}</ref>
* is capable of reading and writing in either Spanish or English;
* is a citizen of the United States;
* has resided in Puerto Rico for at least two years immediately prior to the date of his election or appointment; and,
* is over twenty-five years of age.

=== Elections ===
{{further|Puerto Rico representative districts|Elections in Puerto Rico}}
[[File:Structure-of-the-house-of-representatives-of-puerto-rico.svg|thumb|300px|Structure of the House of Representatives [[Elections in Puerto Rico|for the purpose of elections]]. Puerto Rico is divided into [[Puerto Rico representative districts|forty (40) districts]] with one representative per district. An additional eleven (11) representatives are elected [[at-large]]. Both groups serve alongside each other with the same powers and rights.]]
Elections to the House are held every four years on the [[election day|Tuesday after the first Monday of November]], along with the elections for [[Governor of Puerto Rico|governor]], [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|resident commissioner]], the [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Senate]], the [[Mayors of Puerto Rico|mayors]], and the municipal assemblies. [[2020 Puerto Rican general election|The last election]] was held on 3 November 2020 where the members of the [[31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] [[29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] were elected. [[Puerto Rican general election, 2016|The next election]] is scheduled for 5 November 2024 where the members of the [[30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] will be elected. Members of the House are elected for a four-years term.

Only a US Citizen that meets <u>all</u> the following requirements may vote for representatives:
* must legally reside in Puerto Rico,
* must be at least 18 years old by the date of the election,
* must have been qualified by the [[Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections]] before the election or on the very same day of the election after he presents himself to his nearest place of voting and shows proper documentation, and
* must have not been declared mentally incapacitated by court.

[[File:District-electoral-structure-puerto-rico.png|thumb|300px|Structure of representative districts in Puerto Rico.]]

Citizens cast their votes in colleges ({{langx|es|colegios}}) which are simply usually the nearest [[State school|public school]] to where the voter declared as residence. Votes are required by law to be cast in secret, unless the citizen has a physical impairment that does not allow him to. Those citizens unable to travel to colleges due to medical impairments may vote at their place of residence (homes, elder homes, etc.) or wherever they are convalescing (hospitals, clinics, etc.). In both of these extraordinary cases, officials from the Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections will provide aid so that the citizens can cast their vote—either by using verbal or non-verbal communication—with members from the different political parties required to observe the process in order to ensure accuracy, fairness, transparency, order, and legitimacy.

Ballots are redacted in both [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] regardless of whether English is an official language or not.{{efn|English has been removed as an official language several times throughout Puerto Rico's modern history, but ballots must be redacted in English too regardless.}}

To elect the members of the House, Puerto Rico is divided into [[Puerto Rico representative districts|forty (40) representative districts]] that do not follow a particular pattern; they are strictly based on a similar number of inhabitants. These districts are in turn divided into one or more [[electoral precinct|precincts]]: an electoral division which, in turn, is constituted by colleges.<ref>[http://www.ramajudicial.pr/leyes/constitucion/articulo3-3.htm Distritos senatoriales y representativos; senadores y representantes por acumulación] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309124503/http://www.ramajudicial.pr/leyes/constitucion/articulo3-3.htm |date=9 March 2014 }} on RamaJudicial.PR</ref> For each district, citizens may vote only for one candidate from the district in which they declared residence by [[first-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]]. District representatives are expected to give priority to matters related to the district they represent but are not required to do so by law.

In addition, citizens are allowed to vote for one candidate [[at-large]] of their preference by [[single non-transferable vote]]. The eleven at-large candidates with the majority of votes serve as representatives at-large alongside the district representatives with the same powers and rights. Representatives at-large are expected to serve any individual or group but are not required to do so by law; they also serve as a mechanism for citizens who do not wish to channel their affairs through their district representative for whatever reason.

=== Term ===
Representatives serve terms of four years each. A member who has been elected, but not yet seated, is called a "representative-elect"; a member who has been appointed to a seat, but not yet seated, is called a "representative-designate". The Puerto Rico Constitution does not provide for term limits.

=== Salary and benefits ===
The annual [[salary]] for full-time work of each representative is $73,775 [[United States dollar|USD]] annually, except for the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker]] which receives $110,663, and the [[Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker pro tempore]], the [[Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Majority and Minority Leaders]], the [[Assistant party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Majority and Minority Whips]], and the presidents of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Commission on Government|Commission on Government]] and the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Commission on Treasury|Commission on Treasury]] which receive $84,841 each.<ref name="act-no-24-of-2013">{{cite act |number=24 |date=29 May 2013 |access-date=10 August 2013 |url=http://www.oslpr.org/2013-2016/leyes/pdf/ley-24-29-May-2013.pdf |language=es }}</ref>

Representatives are allowed to generate additional income from outside their legislative employment subject to restrictions, and only the representatives which do not receive an annual salary are entitled to additional benefits such as [[per diem]] or [[car allowance]]. Costs associated to traveling outside of Puerto Rico is reimbursed.<ref name="act-no-24-of-2013" /> Cost-of-living adjustments have been frozen since 2005.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}} All representatives qualify for the same retirement and health benefits as of all other employees of the government of Puerto Rico.

In addition, all representatives are provided with office space, secretarial services, advisors, support personnel, office supplies, and stationery. Hiring of personnel working directly for each representative is at the discretion of each representative.<ref name="act-no-24-of-2013" /> Rather than providing these resources and services directly, representatives are instead assigned a budget from which they retrieve funds to cover such costs. Representatives that preside commissions are assigned larger budgets than those who do not, thus creating a difference between the budgets assigned to representatives from the party holding a majority in the House versus the ones in minority as majority representatives tend to be the ones who preside commissions.

== Majority and minority parties ==
The "Majority party" is the [[political party]] that holds a majority of seats. The next-largest party is known as the minority party. The president ''pro tempore'', committee chairs, and some other officials are generally from the majority party.

Section 9 of Article III of the [[Constitution of Puerto Rico]] states that should a Party control more than two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives, the losing candidates with the most percentage of votes will be given seats in the Legislature until the total of minority members reaches seventeen (17). In order to qualify to a Section 9 seat, the candidates must belong to a party that received a minimum number of votes in the General Elections of that year.

== Officers ==
The House is served by several officers with and without voting powers, and elected from within and outside its ranks. Of these, only the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker]] was established by the Constitution; all other officers were established by internal rules adopted by each session of the House. Only the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker]], [[Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker ''pro tempore'']], the [[Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Majority and Minority Leaders]], and the [[Assistant party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Majority and Minority Whips]] have voting powers as all are elected from within. Non-voting officers are elected from outside House ranks and simply assist in internal procedures and clerical tasks, and in the observance of internal rules, laws, and the [[Constitution of Puerto Rico|Constitution]]. Typical non-voting officers include the [[Secretary of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Secretary]], the [[Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Sergeant-at-Arms]], and other officers appointed by the different commissions as part of their own internal affairs.

=== Speaker ===
{{main|Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico}}
The [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker of the House]] is the highest-ranking officer and the [[Chairman|presiding officer]] of the House. The post was created by [[Article III of the Constitution of Puerto Rico]] which establishes that, "[...]the House of Representatives [shall elect] a Speaker from among [its] members." The Speaker is substituted by the [[Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker ''pro tempore'']] in his absence. Its counterpart in the [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Senate]] is the [[President of the Senate of Puerto Rico|President]].

The current Speaker is [[Carlos Johnny Méndez]], representative [[Puerto Rico Representative districts|District 36]] from the [[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]].

=== Speaker pro tempore ===
{{main|Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico}}

The [[Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker ''pro tempore'']] is the second-highest-ranking officer of the House of Representatives and substitutes the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Speaker of the House]] in his absence. Its counterpart in the [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Senate]] is the [[President pro tempore of the Senate of Puerto Rico|President pro tempore]].

The current Speaker ''pro tempore'' is [[José "Conny" Varela]], representative at-large from the [[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|PDP]].

=== Party leaders ===
{{main|Party leaders of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico}}
Each party elects floor leaders denominated "Majority leader" or "Minority leader", accordingly, as well as a "Majority Whip" or a "Minority Whip". Floor leaders act as the party chief spokespeople. The current leaders are Majority Leader [[Ángel Matos García]], Majority Whip [[Roberto Rivera Ruiz de Porras]], and Minority Leaders are [[Carlos "Johnny" Méndez]] (PNP), [[Mariana Nogales Molinelli]] (MVC), [[Denis Márquez Lebrón]] (PIP), and [[Lisie Burgos Muñiz]] (PD).

=== Non-member officers ===
The House is served by several officials who are not members.

The Senate's chief administrative officer is the [[Secretary of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Secretary of the House]], who maintains public records, disburses salaries, monitors the acquisition of stationery and supplies, and oversees clerks.<ref>[http://www.senadopr.us/secretaria/Pages/default.aspx Secretaría del Senado de Puerto Rico] on SenadoPR</ref> The Secretary automatically presides over the House in the interim, once the term of the incumbent Speaker is finished, but before the House elects a new Speaker.

Another official is the [[Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Sergeant-at-Arms of the House]] who maintains order and security on the Senate premises as the Senate's chief law enforcement officer.

This officers are elected by the Senate, usually during its inaugural session, immediately after the election of the body's. The current Secretary is [[Elizabeth Stuart Villanueva]] while the current Sergeant-At-Arms is [[Henry Tallaboa Collazo]]. {{citation needed span|text=[[Manuel A. Torres]] is the only Secretary in history to have served under two House Presidents.|date=November 2012|reason=}}{{Relevance inline|date=November 2012}}

== Current composition ==
{{main|31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico}}
The current session is the [[31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]], the [[lower house]] of the [[19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico]], which will meet from 2 January 2021, to 1 January 2025. Members were elected in the [[Puerto Rican general election, 2020|general elections of 2020]] with a [[majority|simple majority]] coming from the [[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)]] (PDP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/Inicio.aspx#rep|title=COMPOSICION DE LA CAMARA}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* District 1: [[Eddie Charbonier Chinea]]
* District 2: [[Luis Raúl Torres]]
* District 3: [[José Hernández Concepción]]
* District 4: [[Víctor Parés]]
* District 5: [[Jorge Navarro Suárez]]
* District 6: [[Ángel Morey Noble]]
* District 7: [[Luis Pérez Ortíz]]
* District 8: [[Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez]]
* District 9: [[Er Yazzer Morales Díaz]]
* District 10: [[Deborah Soto Arroyo]]
* District 11: [[Rafael Hernández Montañez|Rafael "Tatito" Hernández]]
* District 12: [[Edgardo Feliciano Sánchez]]
* District 13: [[Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló]]
* District 14: [[José O. González Mercado]]
* District 15: [[Joel I. Franqui Atiles]]
* District 16: [[Eladio J. Cardona Quiles]]
* District 17: [[Wilson Román López]]
* District 18: [[Jessie Cortés Ramos]]
* District 19: [[Jocelyne Rodríguez Negrón]]
* District 20: [[Kebin Maldonado Martínez]]
* District 21: [[Lydia Méndez Silva]]
* District 22: [[Jorge Alfredo Rivera Segarra]]
* District 23: [[José H. Rivera Madera]]
* District 24: [[Ángel A. Fourquet Cordero]]
* District 25: [[Domingo J. Torres García]]
* District 26: [[Orlando Aponte Rosario]]
* District 27: [[Estrella Martínez Soto]]
* District 28: [[Juan J. Santiago Nieves]]
* District 29: [[Gretchen Hau]]
* District 30: [[Luis Ortíz Lugo|Luis «Narmito» Ortiz Lugo]]
* District 31: [[Jesús Santa Rodríguez]]
* District 32: [[Conny Varela|José Manuel «Conny» Varela Fernández]]
* District 33: [[Angel Peña Ramírez|Ángel Peña Ramírez]]
* District 34: [[Ramón Luis Cruz|Ramón Luis Cruz Burgos]]
* District 35: [[Sol Y. Higgins Cuadrado]]
* District 36: [[Carlos J. Méndez Nuñez|Carlos "Johnny" Méndez]]
* District 37: [[Ángel Bulerín]]
* District 38: [[Wanda del Valle]]
* District 39: [[Roberto Rivera Ruiz de Porras|Roberto Rivera Ruiz]]
* District 40: [[Angel Matos García]]
* [[At-large]]: [[Héctor Ferrer Santiago]]
* At-large: [[Jesús Manuel Ortiz González]]
* At-large: [[José Aponte Hernández]]
* At-large: [[José Pichy Torres Zamora]]
* At-large: [[José Kikito Meléndez|José "Quiquito" Meléndez]]
* At-large: [[José Pérez Cordero|«Che» Pérez Cordero]]
* At-large: [[María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera]]
* At-large: [[José Bernardo Márquez]]
* At-large: [[Mariana Nogales Molinelli]]
* At-large: [[Denis Márquez Lebrón]]
* At-large: [[Lisie J. Burgos Muñiz]]{{div col end}}

== Other organizations ==
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{{expand section|date=November 2012}}
{{missing information|section|the [[Comptroller of Puerto Rico|Comptroller]], [[Puerto Rico Commission on Civil Rights|Commission on Civil Rights]], [[Puerto Rico Ombudsman|Ombudsman]], and the [[Superintendency of the Capitol of Puerto Rico|Superintendency of the Capitol]]|date=November 2012}}
{{missing information|section|how the aforementioned organizations are part of [[legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico|the legislative branch]] but not part of the [[Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico|Legislative Assembly]]|date=November 2012}}
{{missing information|section|how the aforementioned organizations work in unison with the House|date=November 2012}}
}}
The [[Puerto Rico Office of Legislative Services|Office of Legislative Services]] was headed in early 2009 by Kevin Rivera, while Eliezer Velázquez currently serves as Superintendent of the Capitol, the first to serve during two four-year terms.

The Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly also receives support services from the [[Council of State Governments]] (CSG), CSG's [[Eastern Regional Conference]], the [[National Conference of State Legislatures]] (NCSL) and the [[National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators]] (NHCSL).

== Past composition of the House of Representatives ==
{{main|Political party strength in Puerto Rico}}

== See also ==
* [[List of female members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist|2}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|es}}
* {{Facebook|camaraconpr}}

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